Friday, August 14, 2009

I have a dilemma

Although I've drawn my pattern and cut out my muslinAnd it's very luxurious for me to do this muslin for myself. I normally don't do that and this will be a real treat for me.

But at this point I start thinking about the trim and buttons and how I'm going to finish this piece. I was lucky enough during the boom time in my part of the country to have a nice budget for fabrics and a lot of other things - trims, buttons, patterns, and the like. So I have a nice collection of buttons. But I also took so many of my old clothing and took the expensive buttons off and put the old buttons on (you know the cheapie buttons). So I got out my buttons sets, and this is what I have to decide

These are beautiful, but I think they are too formal and limit the use of the jacket...they do have the "CC" logo on them.

These are beautiful and heavy, but again are a little too formal and limiting.

I like these as they will work with something formal and something casual (dress and jeans), but might be a little boring.

These are heavy too, and a little less formal, but might be limiting might not.

Claire-There are no rules! How do you plan to wear your jacket? Mine will never be worn with a skirt-only with jeans and cute shoes/boots. That being said-any button will be fine. I love the second set-gold,not heavy,not obvious as the first,they are really a good compromise......in my opinion-but then I could see them all......

Claire-- I just realized that you had more buttons than I originally saw the first time while reading it on the iphone itty bitty screen. I think my eyes are going! I particularly love the last buttons or the Chanel buttons look nice too!